The NOWSA (Network Of Women Students Australia) is an Australian feminist student organisation founded on ideals of creating a grassroots, autonomous network concerned with issues that impact women and women students.
Established in 1987, NOWSA provides a platform for women's organising across universities and in the wider community through resource, skill and knowledge sharing both in conference and through web branches of the network. NOWSA The network continues to shift, grow and change, but constantly places feminist agenda at the forefront. Women of all ages, sexualities, abilities, and experiences have the opportunity to be involved.
The annual NOWSA conference is organised by a collective of women students and hosted by a different university in Australia each year.
The NOWSA conference usually runs for 5 days, giving voice to women students and allowing them to engage with personal, political, social, and cultural issues that are relevant to women. NOWSA is now an annual conference, held from year to year at different universities, and encourages networks to be developed with women from across Australia.
List of conferences Year University - 2021 Deakin University Melbourne, Victoria 2020 University of Western Australia Perth, Western Australia 2019 Macquarie University Sydney, New South Wales 2018 University of Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales 2017 Australian National University Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2016 University of Technology Sydney Sydney, New South Wales 2015 University of Tasmania Hobart, Tasmania 2014 Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia 2013 University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria 2012 Australian National University Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2011 University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales 2010 University of Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales 2009 Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Queensland 2008 Flinders University Adelaide, South Australia 2007 University of Sydney Sydney, New South Wales 2006 University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria 2005 University of Adelaide Adelaide, South Australia 2004 Southern Cross University Lismore, New South Wales 2003 Macquarie University Sydney, New South Wales 2002 James Cook University Townsville, Queensland 2001 University of Technology Sydney Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Flinders University Adelaide, South Australia 1999 RMIT University Melbourne, Victoria 1998 University of Western Sydney, Nepean Sydney, New South Wales 1997 Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Queensland 1996 Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia 1995 University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria 1994 Macquarie University Sydney, New South Wales 1993 University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 1992 University of Adelaide Adelaide, South Australia 1991 RMIT University Melbourne, Victoria 1990 University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales 1989 Flinders University of South Australia Adelaide, South Australia 1988 University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 1987 Australian National University Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Worsley Pine, Deborah., 1996, Who’s Space is it Anyway: A Discourse on NOWSA, Thesis, Flinders University Library, Adelaide
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External links
NOWSA 2012 conference website National Union of Students NOWSA post 2010 Women of Colour blog speech from NOWSA 2010 NOWSA 2008 Myspace Page International Women's Day broadsheet 1998